negativity bias

English

Noun

negativity bias (plural negativity biases)

1. The notion that things of a more negative nature have a greater effect on one's psychological state than neutral or positive things.

   Synonyms: negativity effect, negative bias

   • 2015 January 16, Pete Etchells, “Declinism: is the world actually getting worse?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Just as there’s evidence for a positivity effect though, so too is there research suggesting the existence of a negativity bias.

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• Finnish: kielteisyysvinouma
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• German: Negativitätsverzerrung f
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Further reading

• negativity bias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia